Wednesday 11 December 2013

Chicken Nihari



Ingredients For Chicken Nihari:
Chicken pieces 1-1/2 kg
Onions sliced 2
Whole wheat flour 1 cup
Ginger garlic paste 3 tsp
Fennel seeds powder (Saunf) 2 tbsp
Dry ginger powder (Soonth) 2 tbsp
Garam masala  1 tbsp
Red chili powder 3 tbsp
Salt  to taste
Ghee 1 cup
Lemon green chilies 
Coriander  to garnish

Method:
Heat ghee and fry onion.
Add chicken and cook on high flame.
Cook until chicken changes colour and then add dry ginger powder and ground fennel seeds and cook more till the water evaporates.
Add water and ginger, garlic paste and salt and mix well.
Add red chili. 
Mix whole wheat flour in 1 cup of water and use this paste to thicken the gravy.
Do not add all the paste at once.
Mix on high flame.
Mix garam masala in and let it simmer.
Dish it out and lastly heat some oil or ghee and do a tarka or temper nihari with it.
Garnish with lemon, green chilies, green coriander and serve.

Chicken Nihari by Zarnak Sidhwa

Zarnak's wardrobe for this episode was sponsored by Ateeqa's Couture.



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